Persistence
(YouTube link) Sorry, we don’t know how many times the dog tried to run up the slide because the cameraman lost it. -via Arbroath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/persistance/Archive for April 2008
Bald Penguin Got Himself a Wetsuit!
Meet Pierre, a 25-year-old Jackass penguin (because they bray like donkeys) who got too cold to swim because he was going bald. So, the biologists at the California Academy of Sciences made him a penguin wetsuit! Pie...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/bald-penguin-got-himself-a-wetsuit/DIY Personal G-Force Meter
Chris of PyroElectro Microcontrollers has a DIY guide post on how to make your own Personal G-Force Meter:The main application of the accelerometer is either for sensing tilt or sensing acceleration. For thi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/diy-personal-g-force-meter/Captain Capitalism on Why Saving is Bad for America
In this Flash comic "Piggy Bank Pinko", Captain Capitalism explains why it's bad - heck, down right communistic - to save money.Kid: Captain Capitalism! Wow! What are you doing here?Captain Capitalism: I th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/captain-capitalism-on-why-saving-is-bad-for-america/Kid's Pimp Halloween Costume and Other Bizarre Toys
This. Is. Just. Wrong.... Behold the Pimp Suit Halloween costume and, of course, the accompanying costume for mom.For more bizarre toys and products for kids, check out the list at Cole's Toys blog: Link - Thanks Joh...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/kids-pimp-halloween-costume-and-other-bizarre-toys/95-Year-Old Woman on a Wheel Chair Foiled a Burglary with a Screwdriver
Meet 46-year-old Robert Horsley, who tried to burgle a house and foiled by a 95-year-old woman in a wheelchair armed with only a screwdriver:It was 3 a.m. when a 95-year-old Bartlesville woman heard somebody break th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/95-year-old-woman-on-a-wheel-chair-foiled-a-burglary-with-a-screwdriver/Fired While Thinking Outside the Box
I know, I know ... it's a little cubicle joke that may or may not be funny to you, depending on A) if you work in a dilbert-esque corporation, B) how secure your job is, and C) whether you are a Bizarro-lover or Bizarro-...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/fired-while-thinking-outside-the-box/Real Sarah Marshalls Mad Over Movie Ads
A lot of people liked Judd Apatow's latest comedy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," which billboards peppered many cities in the US with sayings like "YOU SUCK, SARAH MARSHALL" and "MY MOTHER ALWAYS H...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/real-sarah-marshalls-mad-over-movie-ads/Flowing Pixels, a "Pixel Art" Sculpture
Photo: hungryghoast [Flickr]Flickr user hungryghoast snapped a photo of Flowing Pixels, a "pixel art" sculpture on the streets of New York University campus, by the Barney Building, in New York City.Link - ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/flowing-pixel-a-pixel-art-sculpture/Day of Prayer in Sackcloth and Ashes in Birmingham, Alabama
Larry Langford, the mayor of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, has declared today, Friday April 25th, 2008 as a "day of prayer in sackcloth and ashes" in response to the city's high homicide rates:Birmingham...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/day-of-prayer-in-sackcloth-and-ashes-in-birmingham-alabama/Charlie Bit My Finger!
Charlie Bit My Finger, Again is a strangely mesmerizing YouTube clip (viewed over 20 million times!) about two boys having fun. Well, okay, one boy - Charlie - had slightly more fun biting the finger of his older brother...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/charlie-bit-my-finger/Google Street View Captures Kid Falling Out of His Bike
One minute he was having fun riding his bike, and the next he's sprawled on the driveway after wiping out ... and all captured by Google Street View:Link - Thanks Ian Andrew Bell (nice meeting you on Web 2.0 conferen...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/google-street-view-captures-kid-falling-out-of-his-bike/World's Most Expensive Ice Cream Sundae
The Three Twins Ice Cream shop in the Oxbow Public Market in Napa is selling the World's Most Expensive Ice Cream Sundae for $3,333.33 (a banana split made with syrups from three rare dessert wines, served with an ice cr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/worlds-most-expensive-ice-cream-sundae/Grilled Cheese Invitational
Last weekend, the 6th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational was held in Griffith Park, Los Angeles. The event was the Olympics of grilled cheese making: 140 competing teams, hundreds of cheese-hungry judges (those lucky peo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/grilled-cheese-invitational/Human Snake: Life Imitates Computer Game
Here's an excellent stop-motion video, called "Human Snake" by Get Out and Play. Yes, a viral ad by N-Gage for Nokia, but still neat nonetheless - check out the "making of" in their website: *stro...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/human-snake-life-imitates-computer-game/Monkey Spoon
The Spoon Museum has a wonderful entry on "Monkey Spoons," a type of unusual spoon used by the Dutch settler in the New York/Hudson River area to commemorate birth, marriage, and death:The English and some...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/monkey-spoon/Seal Death Camp in Russia
Remember the Cat Death Camp in China posted previously on Neatorama? Here's something along the same line, for baby seals in Arkhangelsk, Russia: Seal hunting is controversial, and there's a lot of propaganda coming...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/seal-death-camp-in-russia/Micro GPS Device to ... Track Snail Mail!
GPS is a nifty and useful tool - I have a TomTom GPS navigation for Christmas that really helped me get around (I get lost easily). But apparently, there are some really weird GPS tools out there, like this one: the Mi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/micro-gps-device-to-track-snail-mail/Pooktree Arbosculpture and Other Twisted Trees
That's Peter of Pooktre Tree Shapers, who specializes in shaping trees as they grow in pre-determined shapes (sort of like a living sculpture!): LinkCheck out more "twisted" trees at Web Urbanist's neat post: 2...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/pooktree-arbosculpture-and-other-twisted-trees/Neatorama is Cool Site of the Day!
Woo-hoo! Neatorama is selected as today's cool site by Cool Site of the Day. CSotD has featured a unique site every day since August of 1994, making it the original (and for many, the best) website of its kind.Please vis...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/neatorama-is-cool-site-of-the-day/Siberian Aurora
LiveJournal user evendym snapped some really nifty photos of emerald-green auroras in the desolate Siberian outpost. Link [in Russian] - Thanks collin douma!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/siberian-aurora/Ceramic Fantasy Sculptures by Creatures From El
Ellen of Creatures from El blog makes amazingly intricate fantasy creatures, like this Glacier Dragon above.Link (Don't miss the Mecha Critters) - Thanks Brandi!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/ceramic-fantasy-sculptures-by-creatures-from-el/Stick Figures in Peril
Stick Figures in Peril is a Flickr pool about photos of real warning signs showing stick figures in dangerous - often life-threatening - and sometimes ... odd situations. Like this "no strutting" sign, by Flick...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/stick-figures-in-peril/Interactive Digital Art Gallery at Eurostar Train Station
What a neat idea: the Eurostar departure lounge at the St. Pancras International Train Station in London has a new interactive digital art gallery that lets travelers view art masterpieces while waiting for their train:*...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/interactive-digital-art-gallery-at-eurostar-train-station/Chad Pugh's Time Lapse Vimeo Illustration
When Chad Pugh was commissioned to do a redesign of an illustration for Vimeo login, he decided to take a screenshot every five seconds. Here's a mesmerizing time lapse video of a process spanning 40 hours of drawing con...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/chad-pughs-time-lapse-vimeo-illustration/That's One Way to Tow a Car
(Live Leak link) Maybe the tow truck driver wanted to be paid up front and wasn’t. Spotted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. -via Arbroath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/thats-one-way-to-tow-a-car/Unsung Sports Heroes
Why should Wheaties boxes only showcase football, basketball, and Olympics stars when there are so many other sports? In an article from mental_floss magazine, you’ll find the fascinating stories of ten sports heroes w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/unsung-sports-heroes/Portland Prom Prank Probed
Someone sent a letter to the parents of students at Lincoln High School in Portand, Oregon, urging them to provide alcohol on prom night. Recipients of the missive were urged to consider opening their homes this Sa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/portland-prom-prank-probed/The House(s) That Spite Built
Human emotion is a crazy thing. It can lead people to do irrational, silly and even spiteful things. So spiteful, in fact, they would erect an entire house just to irritate someone. A spite house is exactly what it...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/the-houses-that-spite-built/Why New York Pizza is so Tough to Replicate
Wired contacted a chef, a food development consultant, and a food scientist to investigate the difference between pizza in New York and in San Francisco. The differences are in the ovens and in the water. Consultant Davi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/25/why-new-york-pizza-is-so-tough-to-replicate/
